1. Introduction
Let
be a sequence of real numbers. If for each integer
,
then the series
is called Poincaré asymptotic expansion (or asymptotic power series) of the sequence
, which is convergent or divergent [1].
One of the well-known results of asymptotic analysis of integrals is the Riemann-Lebesque lemma [2], which is widely used, it can be used to prove the effectiveness of integral asymptotic approximations, and to study the asymptotic expansion of the Fourier integral [3]. The classic Riemann-Lebesgue lemma [4] states that
i.e.,
A finer result is given by Andrica and Piticari ([5], Corollary 3.2), who showed that for
(1.1)
where
. A generalization of this lemma is given by Kahane [6], who showed that
When
and
is a
-periodic function, the generalization above is rewritten by Siretki [7], who proved
In particular, if
, then it can be traced back to [8]. The further generalization is obtained by Andrica and Piticari [5], who gave the first two terms of the
asymptotic expansion of the sequence of integrals
. When
has a continuous derivative on
, then
where
.
For the sequence of integrals
, the classic Riemann-Lebesque
lemma gives the first asymptotic estimate, and the paper [5] gives the first two asymptotic estimates. Thus, when
or
, it is very common in signal processing. For example, such integrals are needed in the calculation of Fourier coefficients to decompose the frequency components of the signal. To the best of our knowledge, no one has yet given a complete asymptotic expansion of this sequence of integrals. However, the efficacy of the asymptotic expansion in estimating the integral is contingent upon the number of terms in the expansion, i.e. the order of the asymptotic analysis. It is evident that the higher the order, the more effective the expansion. Inspired by this, the aim of this paper is
to obtain the complete asymptotic expansion of
and
, then extend it to a more general case whereby the integral is defined as follows:
.
2. Main Results
In this section, the asymptotic expansions of
and
are given, respectively. Then we obtain the asymptotic expansion of
, which is a new extension of the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma.
Denote the rth order derivative of
by
for
, and
.
First, we give a generalisation of Equation (1.1).
Theorem 2.1 Let
and
be given. Suppose
. Then, for
, the following holds:
where
,
.
Proof. We use induction on
. Using the integration by parts, the integral is expressed as
It shows that the theorem is true for
.
Assume that Theorem 2.1 holds for
, where
. We shall prove it is also true for
. Then
(2.1)
Thus, using the integration by parts twice, we have
Substituting the above result into Equation (2.1), we obtain
Therefore the theorem is true for
. This completes the proof.
□
Theorem 2.2 Let
and
be given. Let
. Then, for
, the following holds:
where
,
.
Proof. The proof is similar to Theorem 2.1.
□
And then, we recall the following lemma, which states that the antiderivative of a periodic function can be expressed as the sum of a periodic function and a linear function.
Lemma 2.1 ([5], Lemma 2.2) Let
be a continuous, non-constant, and
-periodic function. If
is an antiderivative of
, then
where
is some
-periodic function.
For
and every
, define the following recurrence relations.
We see that
is continuous,
-periodic, and
The following is our main result, which gives the asymptotic expansion of
.
Theorem 2.3 Let
and
be given. Suppose
, and
be
-periodic. Then, for
, the following holds:
(2.3)
where
, and for
Proof. For
, we aim to show
where
We use induction on
. According to (2.2b) and (2.2c), using integration by parts, we have
Thus
Therefore the theorem is true for
.
Assume that Equation (2.3) holds for
,
. We shall prove it is also true for
. Then
(2.4)
Using (2.2c) and (2.2d), we have
Substituting the above result into the third term on the right-hand side of Equation (2.4), we obtain
Therefore the theorem is true for
. This completes the proof.
□
Letting
and
in Theorem 2.3, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 2.1 Let
be given. Let
, and
be
-periodic. Then
where
for
.
3. Examples
The main results not only have important applications in integral calculations involved in mathematics, but also can be applied to the calculation of high-frequency Fourier coefficients of continuous functions involved in physics and engineering. This section gives the applications of our theorem in two examples.
Example 3.1 Consider the asymptotic estimate of
Let
,
. Then, by Theorem 4.1, we obtain
Table 1. Asymptotic analysis of
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.8997361038 |
1.89977 |
1.899736101 |
1.899736102589 |
1.899736102589 |
|
0.189977183239 |
0.1899772 |
0.18997718323804 |
0.18997718323805 |
0.18997718323805 |
Table 1 confirms that as
increases and more terms are included, the approximation
converges to the exact value
, validating the asymptotic expansion’s accuracy.
Example 3.2 ([7], Problem 9.2) Consider the asymptotic estimate of
Let
and
. By Corollary 2.1, we have
and
since
Therefore,
where
.
We can continue this process and obtain the other terms of the asymptotic expansion.
Example 3.3 Vibration analysis considering high-order polynomial external forces. For the mechanical system subjected to the external force
, the high-frequency attenuation characteristics of its Fourier coefficients are analyzed on the interval
.
Apply the Theorem 2.1, we have
Then
The following is the processing of the remaining items
Therefore
This asymptotic expansion can well analyze the suppression effect of the high-order changes of external forces on the high-frequency vibration mode. The originally complex high-frequency oscillation integral is transformed into an asymptotic expansion form that is easy to analyze, simplifying the solution process of the physical model.
4. Conclusion
We extend Andrica and Piticari’s first two terms of asymptotic expansions of
to complete asymptotic expansions. Furthermore, a new
extension of the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma is obtained by generalising their first two terms of asymptotic expansions to complete asymptotic expansions of
. Through the study of this type of integral sequence, it can be
directly applied to the integral examples in practical applications, avoiding repetitive integration by parts during calculation, and the attenuation rate dependent on n can be explicitly displayed.
Funding
This work is supported by NSF of Sichuan Province (2023NSFSC0065).
Authors’ Contributions
Na Li, Yong-Guo Shi and Kelin Li wrote the main manuscript, and reviewed the manuscript.